Can I just say how much I hate bios? So cringe. No mysterious third-person newscaster is writing these things, shockingly. It's us. So, with that in mind, I'll strap on my boots and do my best. 

  (The thing is, I'm insanely lucky. I've gotten to do what I love for my entire life and I intend to keep doing it til I drop. Avedon died on assignment - that's what I want. Did I go too dark? I'll begin.)

   I'm Miranda, a freelance photographer and director who has been specializing in portraiture, fashion, music and beauty for decades. I first picked up a camera at about eight when my mother gave me a grey Polaroid Swinger for my birthday - I miss the smell of those squeegee tubes of fixer that came with every pack of real Polaroid film. I didn't get serious until I was sixteen - after that I took photography classes every year, it became my informal minor in college. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in creative writing, but my passion for photography overrode my major. In my summer breaks I interned with Boston photographers and began assisting once I graduated. (I still believe assisting is the greatest photographic education anyone could possibly get -  this step is essential to truly hone one's skill and knowhow. My best advice for any young photographer is just that - assist, assist, assist.)

   I added Director to my title in 2007 when I directed my first music video for Warner Bros, and have since directed many commercials, music videos and fashion films. I've worked for a diverse range of clients including Coty, Max Factor, Sony, Universal, Bloomingdales, Fox, Warner Bros. Records, Converse, Conde Nast, the Four Seasons, Chase, MTV and many others. I am the official photographer of Voices4Freedom, a humanitarian organization committed to abolishing human trafficking all over the world. I'm a board member of APA-LA and have been honored with awards from Communication Arts, Adobe, The Art Director's Club, APA, etc. None of this would have been possible without my team - I am deeply grateful to have the best crew on the planet. I'm married to the love of my life, Bonsai Bob Pressler - we live in cool unincorporated Castaic (LA County's best kept secret) where we can hear great horned owls and coyotes every night, but are only 40 minutes from DTLA. Shhh, don't tell.